1829 in literature
See also: 1828 in literature, other events of 1829, 1830 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Louis Braille invents embossed printing that allows the blind to read.
New Books
- Anne of Geierstein - Sir Walter Scott
- The Chouans - Honore de Balzac
- A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada - Washington Irving
- Devereux - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
- Fate and Fortune - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
- A Journey on Foot from Holmen's Canal to the East Point of Amager - Hans Christian Andersen
- The Misfortunes of Elphin - Thomas Love Peacock
- The Naval Officer - Frederick Marryat
- On the Constitution of Church and State - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Romances of Real Life - Catherine Gore
- The Young Duke - Benjamin Disraeli
Births
- March 16 - Sully Prudhomme, first Nobel Prize in Literature winner (+ 1907)